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Budget Study Session May 11, 2005 and that they were willing to pay for it. The City was going to ask them to pay for another officer, but the University approached the City, citing a tight budget, and saying they would no longer pay for this. Ms. Colquitt resumed her question about residency allowance and Mr. Ollendorff explained that fewer and fewer officers live in the City. Currently, there are fourteen officers who receive the allowance, although the budgeted amount is for nineteen officers, at $1600 per year. Directors are required to live in University City. Ms. Colquitt wanted to discuss these issues in a study session. She wanted to know about 729.41 and was advised it was money used to buy drugs under-cover. There is also revenue from drug-related “busts” which shows up on the revenue side of the budget, which the City keeps if it is a federally-assisted operation. The federal agents split it with the local department which assisted in the operation. Ms. Colquitt then asked about 726.32 from the Administrative Budget and for the $6800 to be split between the police and the fire department budgets in the cadets’ programs. Ms. Brungardt asked about how the funds are used for under-cover drug operations and what happens to those funds. Ms. Colquitt wanted to know where in the budget funds were shown for rental of cars and was advised that it is under 729.10, miscellaneous rentals. 20.20 – Fire Department The City Manager said the major change here was reflected in the reorganization of the chiefs’ positions and there will be one less assistant chief. Then he provided examples and explained how the six positions would become five. There will be no change in the service to the residents, just reorganization to share the work loads, in the administrative areas especially, responding directing to the chief. A detailed description is available if the Council wants to receive it. Ms. Brot asked about 726.05 and why the radio equipment repairs almost doubled? The explanation was that it included $11,000 for replacement radios and head-sets. The figure is unusual and included labor and parts. Ms. Welsch asked about future purchases of ladder trucks under 749.98. A new ambulance was purchased this year. A new piece of equipment is not needed for another two years and it will be a fire pumper. The year after next, one of the command vehicles needs to be replaced. Another ambulance will be needed in three years. Ms. Brungardt suggested this would provide another opportunity to approach Washington University for a number of reasons, the station at Big Bend and Forest Park being another one. Her second question was related to the current dispatching system. Ms. Brungardt commented about the importance of communicating with citizens in trouble as a life-saving event. She asked for an analysis of the emergency calls each year which go through the police dispatchers. There are 176 thousand calls each year and many of them are emergency calls. All 911 calls are recorded. Mr. Ollendorff Page 4